Territorial Bloggings

A Cogent Mélange of Lutheran & Pop-Culture Punditry
February 28, 2007

AI:6 - 10 Improving Imps

Posted by : ghp
Filed under : popmedia

I’d like to welcome the guys to the competition. Thanks for finally showing up — even if it did take you a week longer than the girls.
A quick editorial comment:� Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson needs to get over herself & stop being so pissy about her time on AI. If it wasn’t [...]


February 26, 2007

TAR:All-Star - Delusions of normalcy

Posted by : ghp
Filed under : popmedia

I’ve held off on writing anything about the latest all-star installment of The Amazing Race. Why? Well, mainly to see how things shake down, given the somewhat strong impressions that each team created during their first stints on TAR. I had ideas going in on what I would like & dislike about each team, but [...]


February 25, 2007

James Cameron’s new “documentary” on Christ

Posted by : ghp
Filed under : theology

Director James Cameron (of Terminator & Titanic fame) is about to release a “documentary” in which he will claim to have found the coffins of Jesus, Mary Magdalene, and their son.
Good gravy!
Paul Maier already wrote about this — A Skeleton In God’s Closet —� and did so far more creatively, and with far more [...]


February 23, 2007

AI:6 - Semifinal Results 1

Posted by : ghp
Filed under : popmedia

That played out pretty much like I expected.
The group number was a nice surprise, but then I’m a bit of a sucker for group numbers when there’s a nice blending of voices. And this group of 24 did sound pretty nice together. The Tears for Fears song was OK too — not as good as [...]